Tony Hayden is a successful businessman but he scored his first big deal when nobody was watching. A self-described “Gym-Rat”, Tony walked on to his D-1 college basketball team, then quickly earned a scholarship and finally took his Mt. Saint Mary’s to The NCCA Tournament.

Great stories here about playing with Kobe Bryant, coming up in Philadelphia, and how he found peace playing in front of his biggest critic; his dad.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-10-sp-15946-story.html

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